PanARMENIAN.Net
Parliamentary elections have exclusive meaning for Armenia’s future
10.03.2007 14:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Earlier NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan accepted the
delegation at the head of John Huko, the Vice-President on operational
issues of the `Millenium Challenges’ Corporation, the RA NA Press
Office reports. John Huko is in Armenia for the first time. The goal
of his visit is first of all, to acquaint with the realization process
of `Millenium Challenges’ Corporation programs and those responsible
for it, and then – to hold direct and open conversation with Armenian
friends around the upcoming parliamentary elections. The
Vice-President of the American Corporation highly appreciated the
realized works, underlining that Armenia can be proud of program in
action and officials responsible for it. `Millenium Challenges’
program is not only a way to strengthen Armenian-American relations,
but also it is a chance to cut poverty and increase income in
Armenia. John Huko noted that `Millenium Challenges’ Corporation works
only with democratic countries; it uses 11 indexes for the level of
democracy, which are single for all 25 states included in the
framework of `Millenium Challenges’. The sides stressed the importance
of conducting the upcoming parliamentary elections in accordance with
democratic standards. Otherwise of `Millenium Challenges’ programs
will be put under question in Armenia. He expressed hope that
parliamentary election in May will fix positive steps considered with
elections in the past, providing succession of the program.
Tigran Torosyan stressed the importance to realize programs of
`Millenium Challenges’. He also thanked for its creation and first
steps in realization process. Torosyan underlined the importance to
hold parliamentary elections properly, first of all for the sake of
Armenia’s future and development of reforms. The RA NA Speaker also
noted that conducting elections in accordance with democratic norms is
so important, that the continuation of `Millenium Challenges’ program
is incomparable near it and cannot be viewed as a stimulus for
Armenia. Of course, he said, democracy in Armenia has not reached its
perfection, but tendentious estimations, which turn everything upside
down, are not acceptable.
Touching upon the parliamentary elections, T. Torosyan stressed that
they really have exclusive importance for Armenia’s future and
continuation of reforms: also after elections provisions concerning
political system in the result of constitutional reforms will be put
in force.